Anne Egros comments

Unfortunately bullying, harassment and stressing employees until they resign is common practice everywhere on the globe. Generally people doing this kind of dirty job think they will save their own job by being zealous only to find out they will be next on the waiting list toward the exit.

The advice of taking the package and leaving without trying to fight or at least to understand your rights under the employment law in your country is not always a good one. I know many cases of people who got 2 year packages still unemployed after 2 or 3 years totally desperate as their chances to find a job after such a long time are almost nil especially if they are around 50.

So it might be hard to avoid burnout when you are pressurized to leave your job but at least officially you are still working and your value on the job market is much higher than if you claim you are looking for a job.

You can also try to compromise as companies don't want bad rap from laid-off employee that demotivate others.You might be able to negotiate to stay in your current job but get outplacement support with an office or even stay at home but for the outside world you still work for the company with same email address.